• DocumentCode
    748905
  • Title

    Generation of flat-topped 500-GHz pulse bursts using loss engineered arrayed waveguide gratings

  • Author

    Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M. ; Kamei, S. ; Ishii, M. ; Sugita, A. ; Okamoto, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    816
  • Lastpage
    818
  • Abstract
    A specially engineered arrayed waveguide grating is demonstrated. The 500-GHz repetition rate bursts of femtosecond pulses with a flat-topped temporal intensity profile window are shown here for what we believe is the first time.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical arrays; optical planar waveguides; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical waveguide filters; arrayed waveguide grating; femtosecond pulses; flat-topped 500-GHz pulse burst generation; flat-topped temporal intensity profile window; loss engineered AWGs; optical planar waveguides; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical waveguide filters; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical arrays; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical planar waveguides; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2002.1003103
  • Filename
    1003103